Patrick Chamoiseau: Return of the Creole
I had expected somebody aggressive, abrasive, doctrinaire. I was prepared to be lectured, to be put in my place. If the truth be told, I...
Memories of Martinique
On board the mail ship that docked at the picturesque harbour of St Pierre, Martinique, one July morning in 1887, was a strange-looking man...
The Bibliothèque Schoelcher: a Library For All | Parting Shot
Overlooking the Place de la Savane, the ornate Bibliothèque Schoelcher is Fort-de-France’s main public library, and a monument to the...
Caribbean volcanoes: fire down below
La Soufrière caldera St Vincent The highest peak in St Vincent — rising to 4,049 feet above the sea, near the island’s northern tip...
Easter fare
Christianity — Roman Catholicism in particular — has played such a huge role in the history of the Caribbean that five centuries after...
Market day
San Antonio Green Market Santa Cruz, Trinidad In the lush valley north-east of Port of Spain, organic farmers and artisanal food producers...
Earthy delights
Andromeda Gardens Bathsheba, Barbados Near a steep cliff overlooking the island’s east coast, Barbados’s best-known garden began as the...
Joseph Zobel: voice of Martinique
The early and formative years of the novelist Joseph Zobel, who died aged 91 in June, remind us how far his native Martinique, now a...
